Sign it Using Sign Language to Support Language

Sign it! Using Sign Language to Support Language Development Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV) Conference 2020 Thursday, March 12, 2020

Kenzie Van. Derwerker Kenzie@Van. Derwerker. com I have no financial interest in an organization whose products or service are described, reviewed, evaluated or compared in the presentation. Nonfinancial disclosures: Currently serving as SHAV Secretary, Chair of Communication Committee and member of Conference Committee.

Outline Research Surrounding Sign Language for Emerging Learners Test-Teach-Test Forced Choice Questions Sign Language Demonstration: Animals Mass Modeling Sign Language Demonstration: Family Varied Types of Learners Sign Language Demonstration: Emotions Environment Sabotage Sign Language Demonstration: Playing Test-Teach-Test Wrap-up and Questions

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Hearing siblings of deaf children showed academic advancement in language. Classes that incorporate sign consistently scored higher academically on various tests than their non-signing counterparts.

Speech perception Combinatorial semantics Lexical-syntactic processing Sign-form perception Sign motor perception

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Teaching Concepts Test-Teach-Test Forced Choice Questions Mass Modeling Environment Sabotage Varied Learner

Test-Teach-Test https: //vimeo. com/393024386

Forced Choice Questions A question format that offers two or more discrete responses. BIG or LITTLE? INSIDE or OUTSIDE? UP or DOWN?

Sign Language Demonstration: Family https: //vimeo. com/393024429

Mass Modeling A teaching strategy where you pick a few “targets” and you model them multiples Woah! I see a BALL. Let me get that BALL down. I’m going to bounce the BALL. Do you want a bite of the BALL?

Sign Language Demonstration: Animals https: //vimeo. com/393024470

Varied Types of Learners Kinesthetic Auditory Visual

Sign Language Demonstration: Emotions https: //vimeo. com/393024479

Environment Sabotage A teaching strategy where you create an environment that requires communication to interact and request. Placing things on shelves out of reach. Placing items within containers that are hard to open. Having items locked or “stuck”.

Sign Language Demonstration: Playing https: //vimeo. com/393024452

Test-Teach-Test to Find Baseline Teach the Concept Test Again!

What teaching strategy worked best for you? 1. Forced Choice Questions 2. Mass Modeling 3. Varied Types of Learners 4. Environment Sabotage 5. Test-Teach-Test

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Sign it! Using Sign Language to Support Language Development Kenzie Van. Derwerker Kenzie@Van. Derwerker. com